{"id":1955003,"date":"2025-08-12T00:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955003"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:44:15","slug":"gregory-alan-isakov-us-returning-to-new-zealand-in-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gregory-alan-isakov-us-returning-to-new-zealand-in-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Alan Isakov (US) Returning to New Zealand in February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last here in Aotearoa at the beginning of 2024, touring his acclaimed latest studio album <em>Appaloosa Bones<\/em>, South Africa-born \/ Philadelphia-raised songwriting star <strong>Gregory Alan Isakov<\/strong> will soon be wending his way back down under, treating fans to headline dates at T\u0101maki Makaurau&#8217;s <strong>Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre <\/strong>and Te Whanganui-a-Tara&#8217;s <strong>The Opera House<\/strong> in February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving breakthrough success with his melancholic hit &#8216;Big Black Car&#8217;, which was prominently featured in a 2012 McDonalds advert \u2014 &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/gregory-alan-isakov-interview-folk-sustainable-farm-passenger-support-a7446541.html\" target=\"_blank\">he donated the proceeds to various causes<\/a> including Seed Savers Exchange, an organisation that tries to preserve the genetic make-up of plants in the US&#8221; \u2014 the golden-toned singer \/ guitarist went on to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for his 2018 long player <em>Evening Machines<\/em>. Gregory Alan Isakov will be here this summer playing a pair of intimate performances, promising &#8220;stripped-down acoustic arrangements of favourites&#8221; from across his globally beloved oeuvre, here&#8217;s the official lowdown&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Gregory Alan Isakov &#8211; New Zealand Tour 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 10th February &#8211; Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Thursday 12th February &#8211; The Opera House, Wellington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans can access priority tickets through the exclusive <br \/>Early bird presale from 2pm, Thursday 14th August <br \/>General tickets go on sale 2pm, Tuesday 19th August&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Register for the presale and find full tour details <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sbmpresents.com\/tour\/gregory-alan-isakov-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Embrace &#8216;Mistakes&#8217; from Gregory Alan Isakov&#8217;s latest album <em>Appaloosa Bones<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gregory Alan Isakov - Mistakes (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6mBVLYo2QE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Watch the official video for &#8216;St Luis&#8217;, from Gregory Alan Isakov&#8217;s 2018 album <em>Evening Machines<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gregory Alan Isakov - San Luis (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BJ7MDOmLPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Revisit &#8216;Big Black Car&#8217; from Gregory Alan Isakov&#8217;s 2009 album <em>This Empty Northern Hemisphere<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Black Car - Gregory Alan Isakov\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E69qahzgeN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Press release:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov announces a run of Australian and New Zealand headline dates performing in an intimate acoustic format. This will be Isakov\u2019s third tour in Australia and second tour in New Zealand. Confirmed stops include Sydney\u2019s State Theatre, Auckland\u2019s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, and Melbourne\u2019s Palais Theatre, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The shows will offer audiences a special opportunity to experience stripped-down acoustic arrangements of favourites from Isakov\u2019s full-length studio albums including his most recent, the acclaimed \u2018Appaloosa Bones\u2019, \u2019Evening Machines\u2019, \u2018The Weatherman\u2019, \u2018This Empty Northern Hemisphere, and \u2018That Sea, the Gambler\u2019. Isakov will be joined by a musician and friends throughout the performance.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date. Of his most recent record, \u2018Appaloosa Bones\u2019, the Associated Press praised, \u201cHis new songs are relentlessly majestic, a kind of musical morphine,\u201d while Paste declared, \u201che\u2019s continuing to make expertly-tooled music\u2026it\u2019s reliably beautiful and starkly self-possessed throughout.\u201d Additionally, Isakov collaborated on recently released songs with Noah Kahan, Shovels &amp; Rope, Nathaniel Rateliff and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn\u2019t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '341421363133505');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n     fbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n\t }, 3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.undertheradar.co.nz \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last here in Aotearoa at the beginning of 2024, touring his acclaimed latest studio album Appaloosa Bones, South Africa-born \/ Philadelphia-raised songwriting star Gregory Alan Isakov will soon be wending his way back down under, treating fans to headline dates at T\u0101maki Makaurau&#8217;s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre and Te Whanganui-a-Tara&#8217;s The Opera House in February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1955004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[342928,342929],"class_list":["post-1955003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-gregory-alan-isakov","tag-gregory-alan-isakov-us-returning-to-new-zealand-in-february-2026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gregory-Alan-Isakov-US-Returning-to-New-Zealand-in-February.JPG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}